Earl of Brixom
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Mild Rotating|
Score
6.77
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An English Dark Mild Ale with a rich brown color and a tantalizing mocha laced aroma. The overall body is lighter than it appears, yet robust flavors of roasted malt, chocolate, and caramel are prevalent, but not overly sweet. The finish is pleasantly clean with a slight black coffee-like bitterness. *specialty grains have been roasted and kilned for longer periods of time at higher temperatures, so they have less overall fermentable sugars, but play a bigger role in adding residual sugars for flavor and have an increased effect on color.
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4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Some mash malt and a lot of weird side product here. Hazy brown pour with ok initial head and lacing. Sour finish. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2016
at 17:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle. Dark brown pour with a foamy beige head with clinging lace. Rich roasted malt nose has a hint of coffee and dark baked bread. Light in body but rich in flavor. Notes of cocoa and earthy roasted malt. Nutty malt finish. Very little hop prescence. Very enjoyable. You don’t see many English style dark milds being made these days. I really enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2016
at 22:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a deep brown with an amber hue and a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet grains with some dark bread and a hint of dark fruits. Flavor has a bit of toffee and sweet dark fruits with bread and dark grains backing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2015
at 15:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 1/6/2014. Pours crystal clear dark reddish brown color with a 1-2 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with some moderate streaming carbonation. Aromas of big chocolate, biscuit, toast, brown bread, roast, light coffee, raisin, pear, light nuttiness, herbal, and toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and light-moderate fruity yeast ester notes; with good strength. Taste of chocolate, toast, dark bread, roast, light coffee, biscuit, raisin, pear, light nuttiness, herbal, and toasted earthiness. No bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, dark bread, toast, biscuit, roast, light coffee, herbal, and toasted earthiness on the finish for a bit. Very nice balance and complexity of dark malt and light-moderate yeast ester flavors; with good robustness for the ABV and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and light-medium bodied; with a smooth, bready, and lightly creamy mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is well hidden with zero warming present as expected of 3.9%. Overall this is a damn nice dark mild ale! All around good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and light-moderate yeast ester flavors; nicely robust and extremely smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2014
at 18:28
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft. Light toffee malt and hay aroma. Medium brown with moderate head. Sweet toffee malt and hay flavor. Very well made mild.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Mar 2013
at 19:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the brewpub. Deep brown body with reddish highlights; thin ring of cream carbonation. Leafy, toffee nose with slight tartness. Nutty body with chocolate and leafy hops, finishing with burnt ashy leaves and some yeasty sourness.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2012
at 20:32